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geldedgoat · Joined: 05 Mar 2009

With the season halfway over, it seems appropriate to start with the playoff predictions. So, in no particular order...

*Florida State - They've got a cake schedule and probably don't deserve a shot at another title this year, but the fact that they've simply managed to not lose (and likely won't before the playoffs) will guarantee them a spot... even if Jameis Winston ends up behind bars.

*Oregon - This is another team that should be bumped because of their lackluster performance. Unfortunately, too many people don't want to see a playoff series with 3/4 of the teams from the SEC, so Oregon will make it in as the second best non-SEC contender.

*Ole Miss - I didn't think the Rebel Bears would play this well, but Bo Wallace and that defense (f*** me, that defense!) are no joke. Even if the rankings don't show it, this is definitely the #2 team in the country.

*Mississippi State - Dak Prescott. Dak Prescott. Dak Prescott. That's all we're gonna hear about come Heisman time. Great QB, great offensive line, great run game, great passing game (when Jameon Lewis recovers), great defense... the only things my Bulldogs are lacking are a decent kicker and a coach that realizes that only Les Miles can pull off Les Miles tricks. Like Ole Miss, the polls will still favor Florida State, but there's no doubt Mississippi State should be #1. Even as bizarre as that sounds.

Other thoughts:

*Baylor and Notre Dame aren't top 10 material, and the next few weeks will show that.

*Auburn shouldn't drop too far, and they may even be able to knock Ole Miss off to finish the regular season with a single loss. Actually, this is gonna make the SEC West champion selection very interesting. It's not unlikely that Mississippi State should go into the Egg Bowl undefeated and lose to a one-loss Ole Miss (weird things happen in the Egg Bowl), which would mean there would be three one-loss teams vying for the trip to Atlanta to destroy whatever trash team the SEC East ends up sending (probably Georgia, but with Todd Gurley out of the picture, maybe Kentucky? Wtf is happening this year?). At any rate, if the top four absolute best teams were to go to the playoffs, three of them should be Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Auburn. It won't happen, of course, but it should.

*Arizona and Oklahoma could end up taking Oregon's playoff spot, but I doubt it. There's just far too much love for Mariota to let that happen.

*Is anyone else as giddy as I am that we don't even have to mention Alabama's chances? Laughing

yodanole · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: La Florida

I'm a Florida State alumnus. I just want to point out one thing. I am not happy with J. Winston, he just doesn't do things quite right. You might have noticed that all the fuss about JW is coming from women's groups that are not based in Tallahassee, nor associated with FSU.

The reason for this is that the accuser is a member of an informal association of young women who call themselves "The Cleat Chasers".
You can all probably make the jump to light speed as to what their
stated objective might be. Some are saying that this is all being swept
under the rug because FSU is just a football factory school & Tallahassee is just a football crazy town. The latter observations are all too true. But the talk around town is that this girl is not a victim in the usual sense. She isn't receiving a lot of sympathy from the local community.

I think more than 4 teams should be in the playoff ( maybe 8 ).
Good luck to all the contenders, & condolonces to those that feel
that their team was left out.

andrewchon · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:13 pm Post subject:

3 teams out of Mississippi delta would be a TV ratings disaster. It's not about who's the best. It's about the best TV money. Ole Miss and Miss St. doesn't rate. Something will happen to 'nobble' them horses. Sorry, but Auburn doesn't rate either. Florida St and JW rates plenty. America needs JW. There has to be at least one black kid that the white cops can't shoot on sight. Laughing

Oregon will be there, because they need to be shown that they don't belong, and Oregonians will finally shut up after that. There will be one from Central time-zone and SEC.

EZE · Joined: 05 May 2012

Right now, I'd rank Ole Miss and Mississippi State #1 and #2 in the nation, but I don't think they can both make it into the playoff since the Egg Bowl will pretty much be an elimination game if they're still undefeated. It'll be too late in the season for the loser to recover in the polls.

My four are:

Ole Miss
Oklahoma State
Alabama
Notre Dame

I watched Stanford's defense against Washington State the other day and thought that was the best defense I've watched in a long time. The Quack Attack vs. the Stanford D is a matchup I can't wait to watch.

I'm really looking forward to the ND/FSU game this weekend. This ND team is a lot better than the one that played in the national title game a couple of years ago. As much as I hate Notre Dame and think their coach is a jerk, he's extremely competent and I think he'll give them an edge this Saturday. It should be a great game.

geldedgoat · Joined: 05 Mar 2009

EZE · Joined: 05 May 2012

Sector7G · Joined: 24 May 2008

yodanole · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: La Florida

Currently there are 5 highly ranked unbeatens. This weekend will reduce it to 4, after the Notre Dame @ FSU game. Ole Miss will play Mississippi State later in the season, reducing it to only 3. These losses are guaranteed. There will probably be others that couldn't be predicted. This guarantees that there will be at least 1 one loss team in the playoffs. Maybe more.

Sector7G · Joined: 24 May 2008

2i2dk1ny2i3 · Joined: 26 Jun 2011

USC is out of any decent Bowl Game

my general prediction would be a Team out of the:

SEC - obviously strongest contender

ACC - only due to Florida, overall weak conference

PAC - one can hope but doubtful

SEC has been so dominant last couple years ESPN has a whole new SEC Network

Sector7G · Joined: 24 May 2008

Soft Machine · Joined: 08 Mar 2008

Notre Dame is in for a rude awakening - they've snuck thru too many weak opponents to deserve their ranking (c'mon, giving up 50 points to North Carolina?). They may beat a Winston-less Florida State (I don't think so - 31-14 my pick), but they'll lose to USC, Ariz State and Northwestern (yes, Northwestern....the same team that sank Wisconsin, and Wisc is a better all around team than ND). Nortre Dame is, year-in and year-out, overrated!

Playoff: One of the Mississippi teams; Fla State; Oregon (if they learn how to beat Stanford); and Baylor

I don't think Baylor is a great team, just a great offense. Oregon isn't a lock either.....maybe a second SEC team (re winner of the Iron Bowl)? Dunno but it'll be a lot more interesting that watching two teams that haven't played in two months slug it out for the championship.

geldedgoat · Joined: 05 Mar 2009

Games that interest me this weekend:

*Texas A&M at Alabama: Bama will finish the season with 3 losses, but I don't think one of them will come at the hands of A&M. Maybe, but I don't think so.

*Georgia at Arkansas: Arkansas is vastly improved over last year (but that's not really saying much). There's loads of talent on this team, but they seem sorely lacking in discipline. With Gurley out of the picture for an already lackluster Georgia team, I think the Razorbacks have the edge here.

*Notre Dame at Florida State: Winston is expected to play, and Notre Dame, as usual, is incredibly overrated. Easy win for FSU.

I just realized I picked the home team for each of these, but I don't think swapping the stadiums for any would change much.

Sector7G · Joined: 24 May 2008

Sector7G · Joined: 24 May 2008

ND-FSU turned out to be a better game than I think anyone expected - with many calling it an "instant classic".

ND really should have won it, but they only have themselves to blame, as that offensive pass interference call was correct. The frustrating thing for ND is that without that penalty they would almost certainly have scored, as FSU's defense seemed unable to stop them at that point. I had pretty much counted it as a loss for the Seminoles, even before the play in question.

Here's the thing. Apparently they had gotten away with that illegal pick play three or four times earlier in the game without it being flagged. If they had been flagged for it earlier, they probably would not have done it at that crucial moment of the game. But they did, they got caught, and FSU lucked out.

Anyway, I was impressed with ND's aggressive game plan. They played to win, going for it on fourth down several times. And that Corey Robinson is definitely a play maker who will be playing on Sundays someday.